THE COMMISSION (Licensed Investigator-Utah-Cont) – G+

Norman, Michael – 1^st book

Poisoned Pen Press, 2007- US Hardcover – ISBN: 1-590583582

Sam Kincaid, Chief of the Special Investigations Branch of the Utah Department of Corrections (DofC), is called in to work with the police on the homicide of Levi Vogue,…

THE SUMMER SNOW (Historical-Spain-1940s) – VG

Pawel, Rebecca – 4^th in series

Soho Crime, 2006- US Hardcover – ISBN:

1569474087

Lieutenant Carlos Tejada comes to Granada with his wife and son after his wealthy grand aunt has died. She had been a querulous old lady always seeing…

M. Tarquini sent me. I was supposed to say that. She said to. So now I have. There.

Glad to be here. I'm going to write just a little post to start out--as I told Mindy, I'm more inclined to stick my toes in cautiously than make a big splash. Less chance of making a fool of myself, right? I was published years ago, with Silver Dagger Mysteries. I wrote a nice traditional mystery that I thought would be the first of a series with SDM. it was a great…

FIRST DROP (Bodyguard-Florida-Cont) – VG

Sharp, Zoe – 4^th in series

Piatkus, 2004 – UK Hardcover – ISBN:

0479906618

Charlie Fox and her ex-lover, Sean, have been hired to protect a wealthy computer programmer and his 14-year-old son, Trey. While at an amusement park, someone tries to…

OUT COLD (Unlicensed Investigator-New England-Cont) – G+

Tapply, William G. – 22^nd in series

St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2007- US Hardcover – ISBN: 0312337469

Attorney Brady Coyne’s virtual spouse, Evie, is out of town so Brady and dog, Henry, are on their own. It’s a snowy day when Henry brings Brady’s attention to…

I remember reading an interview with JK Rowling a few years ago where she was talking about the merchandising deal she had struck with Warner Bros. Basically, she had insisted of final approval of any Harry Potter products released alongside the movies. To her growing unease, as the release date of the first film loomed, a succession of increasingly tacky items had been sent for her blessing. Eventually, and some…

BRAT FARRAR (Suspense-England-1950s) – Ex

Tey, Josephine – Standalone

Colliers Books, 1988, Paperback – ISBN:

0020088221

Brat Farrer is an English orphan who, after much travel, has decided to come back to England. He is soon mistaken for Simon Ashby of Latchetts by Alec Loding, a cousin of the…

THE LIMEHOUSE TEXT (Licensed Investigators-England-Victorian) – VG+

Thomas, Will - 3^rd in series

Touchstone, 2006 – US Hardcover – ISBN:

9780743273343

Private enquiry agent Cyrus Barker and his assistant Thomas…

EDGE OF MIDNIGHT (Police Procedural-Kansas-Cont) – Okay

Weir, Charlene – 7^th in series

Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2007- US Hardcover- ISBN: 0312347979

Police chief Susan Wren is very busy in the small town of Hempstead, Kansas. She has a rookie cop who has nearly killed two of her partners by not…

LIKE ANGELS FALLING (Pol. Proc-England-Cont) – VG

Adams, Jane - 2^nd in series

Macmillan, 2001- UK Hardcover – ISBN:

0333905245

Ray Flowers has now resigned fro the police force and is partners with his friend, George Mahoney, in a security and…

CARVED IN BONE (Forensic Mystery-TN-Cont) – G+

Bass, Jefferson – 1^st book

Harper, 2007- US Paperback- ISBN:

9780060759827

Anthropologist Dr. Bill Brockton is summoned to a Tennessee mountain town where the local sheriff and deputy take him to see a…

PLUM LOVIN’ (Humorous Mystery-New Jersey, Cont) – G

Evanovich, Janet – “Between-the-numbers” Novella

St. Martin’s Press, 2007- US Hardcover- ISGN: 978031230342

Bond Agent Stephanie needs to bring in relationship…

BABY SHARK’S BEAUMONT BLUES (PI, Texas, 1950s) –VG+

Fate, Robert – 2^nd in series

Capital Crime Press, 2007, Trade Paperback – ISBN 13: 9780977627622

Kristin Van Dijk has been a PI and partner with Otis Millett for almost two years now. They are hired to return a runaway heiress…

SWITCHBACK (Suspense-CA-Cont) – NR

Klein, Matthew – Standalone

Orion, 2006- UK Hardcover- ISBN: 075287408X

Hedge fund manager, Timothy Van Bender, is successful, married for 20 years and has a lovely secretary. But things are now going

bad. He has lost $24 million of his

clients’ money…

PLAYING GOD (Police Proc-Maine-Cont) – G+

Flora, Kate – 1^st in series

Five Star, 2006- US Hardcover – ISBN: 1594144613

When a man is found dead in his locked car with his clothes undone and…

WATCHER IN THE PINE (Pol.Proc-Spain-1940) – VG

Pawel, Rebecca – 3^rd in series

Soho, 2005- UK Hardcover- ISBN: 156947379X

The Civil War is over and Lieutenant Carlos Tejada has received his first independent command so he, and his very pregnant bride, Elena Fernandez, move to…